Pea-based dry product for feeding animals

Abstract

The invention relates to a dry product based on peas, to the process for preparing same and to the use thereof.

1 . Product derived from the mixing of a soluble fraction from leguminous plants and of pulps from leguminous plants, wherein its solids content is greater than 85% by weight, preferentially greater than 90% by weight, even more preferentially greater than 94% by weight. 
     
     
         2 . Product according to  claim 1 , wherein the leguminous plant is preferentially chosen from the list consisting of faba bean and pea. 
     
     
         3 . Product according to  claim 1 , wherein 90% of the product constituents have a size of between 50 microns and 3000 microns, preferentially between 300 microns and 1000 microns. 
     
     
         4 . Product according to  claim 1 , wherein its colouring according to the “L*a*b*” technique, wherein its component L is greater than 30, preferentially greater than 40, even more preferentially greater than 50. 
     
     
         5 . Product according to  claim 4 , wherein its component a is less than 20, preferentially less than 10, and its component b is greater than 25, preferably greater than 30, preferably greater than 40, preferentially greater than 50. 
     
     
         6 . Product according to  claim 1 , wherein its lysine content is between 3% and 10% by weight of its total protein content, preferentially between 5% and 8%. 
     
     
         7 . Product according to  claim 1 , wherein the total digestibility of its organic matter for monogastric animals is greater than 75%. 
     
     
         8 . Process for preparing the product according to  claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
 i) pre-treatment of leguminous plant seeds;   ii) wet separation of the constituents of the leguminous plant seeds into four fractions: a starch fraction, a pulp fraction, a protein fraction of globulin type and a soluble fraction;   iii) mixing of the pulp fraction and the soluble fraction separated in the preceding step ii); and   iv) drying of the mixture obtained in step iii).   
     
     
         9 . Process for preparing the product according to  claim 8 , wherein the ratio, expressed in solids content, of the soluble fraction to the pulp fraction is between 0.8/1.2 and 1.2/0.8, preferentially 1/1. 
     
     
         10 . Process for preparing the product according to  claim 8 , wherein the soluble fraction is pre-concentrated to between 30% and 50% by weight, preferentially to 50% by weight of solids before being mixed with the pulp fraction. 
     
     
         11 . Process for preparing the product according to  claim 8 , wherein the mixing of the pulp fraction and of the soluble fraction is performed in a high-performance mixer for a residence time of less than 5 min. 
     
     
         12 . Process for preparing the product according to  claim 8 , wherein drying is performed via a ring-dryer technology, preferably with recycling of the evaporation mists. 
     
     
         13 . Industrial use of the product according to  claim 1  in industrial applications such as food for human consumption, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, or cosmetics.